Miles from Kinshasa releases rumba-pop mixtape 'if not now, then when'

Miles from Kinshasa is back after a two and half year hiatus, releasing his new mixtape 'if not now, then when' via DMY.

The project sees Miles returning his attention back to the craft of songwriting, telling DMY in our recent cover story, "I compromised songwriting in the past. Naturally, when you produce something you have an idea of how the song should go. [My producer Kadiata] would stop me from veering right or left too much and made me not compromise those lyrics."

The sound of the album is defined by Miles' typical rumba influences and combines them with trap drums as well as elements from the worlds of rock, jazz, pop, and R&B. The diverse set of influences combine into a style that Miles has dubbed "rumba-pop".

The album is reigning in a new era for the artist, with Miles saying, "The project is ultimately affirmation to yourself but also demanding accountability from yourself, but it also poses a question to the listener too. It’s a very intentional project, Kadiata and I take pride in that and you can feel it from top to bottom. I never like to revisit they same sound from an album twice and in line with my previous projects this fits in to that ideology perfectly. If not now, then when?"

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'if not now, then when' by Miles from Kinshasa is out now via DMY.

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